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Covered California funds massive outreach and education effort

Posted May 16, 2013 By Kevin Knauss

The overwhelming majority of the funds in the individual market are allocated to organizations targeting specific counties to promote Covered California.

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California health insurance CO-OP may be dead

Posted April 16, 2013 By Kevin Knauss

I’ve talked with numerous people who, like me, had high hopes that CO-OPs would be a consumer focused option where the business model was not driven by profits.

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Are Medicare Advantage Plans Threatened by Reform?

Posted March 26, 2013 By Kevin Knauss

It was an urgent plea by an insurance company that I had to act now to save Medicare Advantage Plans.

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Office visit, out patient and lab fee costs from Kaiser Northern California

Posted March 11, 2013 By Kevin Knauss

It was nice to see that Kaiser of Northern California has put out an easy to read fee schedule for different office visits, procedures and lab tests.

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Emergency Regulations To Stop Health Insurance Delaying Autism Treatment

Posted February 28, 2013 By Kevin Knauss

Insurance Commissioner Dave Jones has issued an emergency regulation requiring health insurance companies to cover the therapy as “medically necessary treatment” for children with autism.

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California’s Pre-Existing Insurance Plan to Close the Window

Posted February 25, 2013 By Kevin Knauss

The federally subsidized Pre-Existing Insurance Plan (PCIP) authorized and funded by the Affordable Care Act will stop accepting new applications as of March 2, 2013.

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Wellpoint opposes healthcare reform with sham Health Action Network website

Posted February 21, 2013 By Kevin Knauss

The Health Action Network website is a sham and Wellpoint, Inc. should be ashamed of surreptitiously promoting it to Anthem Blue Cross members.

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Anthem Blue Cross offers guarantee issue with rate increase roll back

Posted February 18, 2013 By Kevin Knauss
Anthem welcomes members back after rate increase.

This latest premium increase must have created a greater exodus of members than they had anticipated.

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Health insurance industry masks opposition to healthcare reform

Posted February 5, 2013 By Kevin Knauss

Health insurers cloak their opposition in the form of membership and donations to organizations that appear to be consumer friendly but advocate for changes in the ACA that will benefit the insurance companies.

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Nationwide agrees to cough up life insurance to California

Posted October 15, 2012 By Kevin Knauss

California Department of Insurance, along with several states, announced a settlement with Nationwide companies to pay old unclaimed life insurance benefits to the states and reform its business practices.

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